Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER XLI.--The First Scientific Voyage of Circumnavigation--The

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Dolphin and Tamar--Byron in Patagonia--Falkland Islands--Islands of Disappointment--Arrival at Tinian--Byron versus Anson--The Voyage Home--Wallis and Carteret--Their Observations in Patagonia--Wallis at Tahiti--A Desperate Battle--Nails lose their Value--A Tahitian Romance--Pitcairn's Island--Queen Charlotte's Islands--New Britain--The Voyage Home--A Man-of-War Destroyed by Fire 410